Something else you won't see on any NASCAR sites. I am trying to find pictures of the different makes and models of cars that have raced in the CUP series. A few models were raced, then not raced, then make a comeback. I've listed both if that is the case. Below is what I have been able to find
Info shows year, make and model of car pictured, driver of car, and years it was raced.
SO FAR I haven't been able to find any pictures of: Alfa Romeo; Austin Healey Sprite; Chrysler DeSoto; Plymouth Savoy; Buick Gran Sport; Buick Somerset; Chevrolet Baretta; Pontiac Tempest; MG-T Type; MG-MGA; Porsche 356; Triumph; Volkswagon and Willys.... but I'm looking
1949 Oldsmobile Rocket - Buck Baker - 1950's
1950 AMC Nash Ambassador- Louise Smith - raced early 1950's
1950Studebaker - Frank Mundy - raced 1950-1952
1950 Cadillac - Bill Blair (#2) raced in 1950
1950 Ford - Jimmy Florian - raced in early 1950's
1950 Tucker - Joe Merola - raced 1950 - check out the third headlight in the middle of the hood. On a street car this headlight swiveled and pointed in whichever direction the front wheels turned. Very few of these were ever produced. Awesome car.
1951 Hudson Hornet - Marshall Teague - raced early 1950's by several NASCAR stars
1953 Lincoln - Tom Cherry drove this car in the 1953 Daytona Beach race
1953 Packard - raced 1950-1956
1953Kaizer-Frazier Henry J - Jack McClure - raced 1946-1954
1953 Oldsmobile 88 - Dick Passwater - raced from1949-1960
1954Jaguar XK120 - Al Keller - 1953-1956 - This car and driver was the first foreign made car to win in NASCAR
1955 Chevy Convertable - Bob Welborn - 1955-1957 - Notice how teams had already discovered how aerodynamics effected the cars and placed a solid surface over the passenger and rear seat area.
1955 Corvette Convertable - Pee Wee Jones - This was raced once in 1955
1956 Chrysler 300 - Tim Flock - raced 1954-1956
1956 Mercury Monterey - Billy Myers - raced 1950's - 1962
1957 Oldsmobile - Richard Petty - 1949-1960
1957 Pontiac - Cotton Owens - raced late 1950's
1957 Chevy Bel Aire - Buck Baker raced 1955-1958
1957 Ford Fairlane - "Fearless" Frank Thompson - raced 1955-1959
1957 Ford Convertable - Fireball Roberts - raced 1957-1959
1957 Mercury - Billy Myers - raced1957-1959
Here we see two makes. #49 is Bob Welborn wheeling a 1957 Chevy while Lee Petty drives the 1957 Oldsmobile
Here's a better look at a 1957 Oldsmobile - driven by Richard Petty.
1958 Chevy Convertable - Buck Baker - raced 1958-1959
1958 Ford - Wilber Rakeshaw - raced1958-1959
1958 Pontiac Chieftain - Cotton Owens - raced1958-1959
1958 Edsel - Sal Tovella - ran in 1959 only
1959 Chevy - Rex White -ran in 1959
1959 Ford Thunderbird - Bob Burdick - ran in1959
1960 Ford Galaxie Starliner - Larry Frank - raced 1960-1966
1960 Plymouth Fury - Richard Petty - 1960
1960 Ford Thunderbird - Johnny Beauchamp - raced1960
1962 Ford - Cale Yarborough - this is the last of the Convertable pictures. NASCAR only raced the convertable series 1956-1959; however Darlinton Speedway raced them through 1962
1962 Pontiac Catalina - Fireball Roberts - raced 1959-1963
1962 Ford Galaxie - David Stricklin - raced 1960-1966
1962 Pontiac - Joe Weatherly
1963 Chevrolet Impala - Junior Johnson
1963 Mercury Marauder - Parnelli Jones - raced 1963-1966
1967 Chevrolet Chevelle - Smokey Yunick -raced 1964-1980
1965 Dodge Coronet - James Hylton - raced1965-1968
1966 Pontiac GTO - Roy Tyner
1964 Plymouth Belevedere - Richard Petty raced 1959-1967
1967 Ford Fairlane - "Fast Freddie" Lorenzen -raced 1966-1968
1968 Mercury Cyclone - Cale Yarborough - raced 1966-1980
1968 Dodge Charger - Buddy Baker - raced 1966-1977
1969 Ford Talladega - Bobby Isaac - raced 1968-1977
1970 Ford Torino - Donnie Allison - raced 1968-1977
1969 Mercury Comet - Hoss Ellington - raced 1969-1970
1970 Plymouth SuperBird - Dick Brooks - raced 1969-1970
After 1970 NASCAR outlawed the Daytons and SuperBirds
1970 Dodge Daytona - Dave Marcis raced 1969-1970
1971 Plymouth Road Runner - Richard Petty - raced 1968-1974
1974 Chevrolet Malibu - Cale Yarborough - raced 1964-1980
1974 Dodge Charger - Richard Petty - raced 1966-1977
1975 Chevrolet Laguna - Darrell Waltrip - raced 1973-1977
1976 Mercury Montego - David Pearson - raced 1968-1980
1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass - Neil Bonnett - raced 1974-1984
1978 AMC Matador - Bobby Allison - raced 1971-1978
1978 Chevrole Caprice - Benny Parsons - raced 1976-1979
1979 Dodge Magnum - Marty Robbins - raced 1978-1980
1980 Ford Thunderbird - Tommy Gale - raced 1977-1997
1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme - Buddy Baker - raced 1977-1980 - This is the infamour "Gray Ghost" that was so fast and Baker won the 1980 Daytona 500 in. Drivers complained that with the silver color they couldn't see him when he came up behind them; so NASCAR had him add the orange pin stripes
1981 Dodge Mirada - Buddy Arrington - raced 1981-1985
1981 Buick Regal - Darrell Waltrip - raced 1981-1985
1983 Chrysler Imperial - Buddy Arrington - raced 1981-1985
1983 Pontiac Le Mans - Tim Richmond - raced 1980-1984
1986 Buick Le Saber - Greg Sacks - 1986-1987
1986 Oldsmobile Delta88 - Rick Wilson - raced 1986-1987
1987 Chevrolte Monte carlo - Darrell Waltrip - raced 1971-1988
1988 Buick regal - Bobby Allison - raced 1988-1991
1988 Ford Thunder Bird - Bill Elliott - raced 1977-1997
1989 Pontiac Grand Prix - Rusty Wallace - raced 1981-2004
1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass - Terry Labonte - raced 1985-1994
1992 Chevrolet Lumina - Ken Schrader - raced 1989-1994
2000 Ford Taurus - Chad Little
raced 1998-2005
2000 Chevrolet Monte carlo - Dale Earnhardt Sr
raced 1995-2007
2001 Dodge Intrepid - Buckshot Jones
raced 2001-2004
2007 Dodge Avenger - Car of Tomorrow - Sterling Marlin raced 2007only
2007 Dodge Charger R/T - Car of Tomorrow - Sam Hornish raced 2008-2012
2007 Chevrolet Impala - Car of Tomorrow - Sterling Marlin raced 2007-2009
2007 Ford Fusion - Car of Tomorrow - Matt Kenseth
raced 2007-2009
2007 Toyota Camry - Car of Tomorrow - Brian Vickers raced 2007-2009
2012 Chevrolet Inpala - Ryan Newman
raced 2010-2012
2013 Chevrolet SS - Dale Earnhardt Jr
raced 2013-2017
2017 Ford Fusion - Ricky Stenhouse
raced 2006-2018
2017 Toyota Camry - Carl Edwards
raced 2007-present
2018 Chevy Camaro - Chase Elliott
Auto makers started moving to "sportier" cars to race in NASCAR. Chevy was the first - Ford would follow next
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